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Cemetery G 3000

Western Cemetery

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General plan of Western Cemetery
Plan #1 of the Minor Cemetery at Giza excavated in 1915 by Fisher
Plan #2 of Fisher "Minor Cemetery" G 3000 - South Sheet
Plan of Fisher "Minor Cemetery" G 3000
Cemetery G 3000, general view of S half, looking NE.
Cemetery G 3000, general view of NW part, before excavation
Cemetery G 3000, general view of SE corner including G 3092, G 3093, G 3094, and G 3097, excavation in progress, looking S.
Cemetery G 3000, general view of S half, looking S.
Cemetery G 3000, general view of S half, looking S.
Two pottery bowls from Cemetery G 3000: left: exact provenance unknown; right: from G 3030 B (apparently not registered)

Maps and plans: General plan of Western Cemetery

Details

  • Excavator
    Clarence Stanley Fisher, American, 1876–1941
  • Other No
    Cemetery 2000 changed to 3000
  • Remarks
    Fisher excavated 57 mastabas in the Cemetery G 3000 in 1915 under the Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania.

Finds 2

Excavation Diary Pages 3

Maps & Plans 25

Drawings 5

Published Documents 2

Unpublished Documents 52

Full Bibliography

  • Baud, Michel. "La tombe de la reine-mère xa-mrr-Nbtj Ire." Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale 95 (1995), p. 13, note 20.

    Fisher, Clarence S. The Minor Cemetery at Giza (Philadelphia; The University Museum, 1924).

    Porter, Bertha, and Rosalind L.B. Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings 3: Memphis (Abû Rawâsh to Dahshûr). Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1931. 2nd edition. 3: Memphis, Part 1 (Abû Rawâsh to Abûsîr), revised and augmented by Jaromír Málek. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1974, pp. 95-99.

    Reisner, unpublished manuscript, Boxes L8-L9.

People 1

Modern People

  • Clarence Stanley Fisher

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1876–1941
    • Remarks Archaeologist and architect. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.